At Speech in Focus, we work alongside you and journey with you in discovering more about yourself and learn to embrace your abilities to participate in life.
We help clients with ASD or Autism Spectrum Disorder by facilitating:
- joint attention
- turn taking
- sharing
- transitioning from tasks
- using visual symbols to communicate
- using visual systems to understand their world
- understanding language concepts
- learning to take perspective
- understanding how to communicate through spoken and written language.
- designing visual schedules to help with daily routines.
Visual Scripts
Children can have a lot of difficulty understanding what will happen next. Many children with autism need a visual tool to help them understand simple routines. At Speech in Focus, we design these visual aids to suit your child’s needs.
Visual Supports
This is a simple schedule that is used. It shows the child what we will do now (first) and what will happen next (then). It helps with behaviour support, understanding the routine, or helping them to end an activity.
Autism and Visual Stories
For individuals with Autism and Developmental Disabilities, scripts provide an essential structure. Scripts help with making sense of their world. Visual learners do best when they can see the information. It helps when visual scripts have a clear beginning, middle, and end to an activity.